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The special Anglican service will be in line with Catholic doctrine, I'm sure. And Byz Cath priests are allowed to be married IIRC. These are just pastoral concessions, not theological compromise.

Hi Volnutt

you are quite right about the Byzantine rite, they are allowed to be married, though they are not Roman catholic, These Anglican priests have been ordained or made deacons in the Latin rite church which is very different.

I actually prefer the Byzantine rite, it is much closer to Orthodoxy and much closer to how the original church was.

Technically married men can become priests not visa versa. That is in the Eastern Catholic churches.

Only if their bishop will ordain them. Not many EC bishops are so willing, unfortunately.

In Christ,Andrew

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The special Anglican service will be in line with Catholic doctrine, I'm sure. And Byz Cath priests are allowed to be married IIRC. These are just pastoral concessions, not theological compromise.

Hi Volnutt

you are quite right about the Byzantine rite, they are allowed to be married, though they are not Roman catholic, These Anglican priests have been ordained or made deacons in the Latin rite church which is very different.

I actually prefer the Byzantine rite, it is much closer to Orthodoxy and much closer to how the original church was.

Why not come home to Orthodoxy and get the real thing?

In Christ,Andrew

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"I will pour out my prayer unto the Lord, and to Him will I proclaim my grief; for with evils my soul is filled, and my life unto hades hath drawn nigh, and like Jonah I will pray: From corruption raise me up, O God." -Ode VI, Irmos of the Supplicatory Canon to the Theotokos

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who can watch the watchmen?"No one is paying attention to your post reports"Why do posters that claim to have me blocked keep sending me pms and responding to my posts? That makes no sense.

The special Anglican service will be in line with Catholic doctrine, I'm sure. And Byz Cath priests are allowed to be married IIRC. These are just pastoral concessions, not theological compromise.

Hi Volnutt

you are quite right about the Byzantine rite, they are allowed to be married, though they are not Roman catholic, These Anglican priests have been ordained or made deacons in the Latin rite church which is very different.

I actually prefer the Byzantine rite, it is much closer to Orthodoxy and much closer to how the original church was.

The strict separation of rites is in itself an innovation. For the first 1000 years of Christianity (Orthodoxy) in the West, there were multiple rites, and celibate clergy were not the norm until about the 8th century, and that only in regions directly under papal jurisdiction--this excluded most of the West which was basically autonomous.

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Technically married men can become priests not visa versa. That is in the Eastern Catholic churches.

Only if their bishop will ordain them. Not many EC bishops are so willing, unfortunately.

In Christ,Andrew

Only in the New World. Bishops in the Old World have no problem ordaining married men the priesthood.

Apart from Syrians, SYro-Malancars and Ethiopians.

What about the Chaldeans? And of course, I don't think the restrictions are limited to the new world. Many ECs outside their homelands, like in Italy, for example, do not permit married men to be ordained in the RCC.

In Christ,Andrew

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"I will pour out my prayer unto the Lord, and to Him will I proclaim my grief; for with evils my soul is filled, and my life unto hades hath drawn nigh, and like Jonah I will pray: From corruption raise me up, O God." -Ode VI, Irmos of the Supplicatory Canon to the Theotokos

The special Anglican service will be in line with Catholic doctrine, I'm sure. And Byz Cath priests are allowed to be married IIRC. These are just pastoral concessions, not theological compromise.

Hi Volnutt

you are quite right about the Byzantine rite, they are allowed to be married, though they are not Roman catholic, These Anglican priests have been ordained or made deacons in the Latin rite church which is very different.

I actually prefer the Byzantine rite, it is much closer to Orthodoxy and much closer to how the original church was.

Why not come home to Orthodoxy and get the real thing?

In Christ,Andrew

Thank you for the invitation, I am looking into converting to orthodoxy, just praying about it, it seems such a big step to take.

Technically married men can become priests not visa versa. That is in the Eastern Catholic churches.

Only if their bishop will ordain them. Not many EC bishops are so willing, unfortunately.

In Christ,Andrew

Only in the New World. Bishops in the Old World have no problem ordaining married men the priesthood.

Apart from Syrians, SYro-Malancars and Ethiopians.

What about the Chaldeans? And of course, I don't think the restrictions are limited to the new world. Many ECs outside their homelands, like in Italy, for example, do not permit married men to be ordained in the RCC.

In Christ,Andrew

I was referring mostly to those of Slavic extraction in their homelands, where married priests in Ukraine, for example, are rather common.

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The special Anglican service will be in line with Catholic doctrine, I'm sure. And Byz Cath priests are allowed to be married IIRC. These are just pastoral concessions, not theological compromise.

Hi Volnutt

you are quite right about the Byzantine rite, they are allowed to be married, though they aHre not Roman catholic, These Anglican priests have been ordained or made deacons in the Latin rite church which is very different.

I actually prefer the Byzantine rite, it is much closer to Orthodoxy and much closer to how the original church was.

Why not come home to Orthodoxy and get the real thing?

In Christ,Andrew

Thank you for the invitation, I am looking into converting to orthodoxy, just praying about it, it seems such a big step to take.

It is indeed a big step. There are many of us here who came from the same position at one time who would be more than happy to help answer questions or concerns. You're in my prayers.

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"I will pour out my prayer unto the Lord, and to Him will I proclaim my grief; for with evils my soul is filled, and my life unto hades hath drawn nigh, and like Jonah I will pray: From corruption raise me up, O God." -Ode VI, Irmos of the Supplicatory Canon to the Theotokos

Technically married men can become priests not visa versa. That is in the Eastern Catholic churches.

Only if their bishop will ordain them. Not many EC bishops are so willing, unfortunately.

In Christ,Andrew

Only in the New World. Bishops in the Old World have no problem ordaining married men the priesthood.

Apart from Syrians, SYro-Malancars and Ethiopians.

What about the Chaldeans? And of course, I don't think the restrictions are limited to the new world. Many ECs outside their homelands, like in Italy, for example, do not permit married men to be ordained in the RCC.

In Christ,Andrew

I was referring mostly to those of Slavic extraction in their homelands, where married priests in Ukraine, for example, are rather common.

Yes. I was talking about outside of the homelands with the exception of the Chaldeans. I apologize for not making that clear.

In Christ,Andrew

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"I will pour out my prayer unto the Lord, and to Him will I proclaim my grief; for with evils my soul is filled, and my life unto hades hath drawn nigh, and like Jonah I will pray: From corruption raise me up, O God." -Ode VI, Irmos of the Supplicatory Canon to the Theotokos